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$95.00
1u33/47

Mataura: City of the Falls


MUIR, D.C.W. (ed)

Imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 504pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's stamp to fep) in d/w VG+ (moderate fading, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Mataura Historical Society 1991

KEYWORDS: History Southland New Zealand Mataura colonies settlers

$22.50
1u34/8

Teenagers: The Rise of Youth Culture in New Zealand


BRICKELL, CHRIS

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, illus title page, 382pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history youth sociology

$75.00
1u34/10

Unemployable: 30 Years of Hardcore, Skate and Street


BOULTER, JASON

Quarto, red cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & boards, red eps, prelims, illus title page, 690pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2015

KEYWORDS: history skateboarding Globe International Youth Clothing Australia Melbourne

$100.00
1u34/11

Not Straight from Germany: Sexual Publics and Sexual Citizenship Since Magnus Hirschfeld


TAYLOR, MICHAEL THOMAS (ed) & TIMM, ANNETTE F. (ed) & HERRN, RAINER (ed)

Imperial octavo, illus boards, 408pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 2017

KEYWORDS: sociology history Germany Arts culture media

$40.00
1u34/20

Ghetto di Venezia 500 Anni Dopo/ The Venice Ghetto 500 Years After


SCIANNA, FERDINANDO

Dual language (bilingual), text in english & italian, Super octavo, illus boards, black eps, 97pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Marsilio Editori 2016

KEYWORDS: Italy Venice history photography arts ghetto

$80.00
1u34/22

Japan: Climate, Space, and Concept


YAGI, KOJI

Quarto, illus light card covers, prelims, frontispiece, 164pp, illus, VG (light fading & light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Process Architecture 1981

KEYWORDS: Japan architecture houses buildings history sociology

$45.00
1u34/23

Calder


BRUZEAU, MAURICE & MASSON, JACQUES (photographs)

Quarto, illus light card covers, 171pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to cover, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams 1979

KEYWORDS: arts sculptures paintings biography history

$295.00
1u34/24

Heinrich Tessenow: Ein Baumeister 1876-1950


WANGERIN, GERDA & WEISS, GERHARD

Text in German, Quarto, grey cloth boards with green lettering to spine & front board, 275pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to boards & page edges) in d/w VG (moderate tanning, light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Bacht 1976

KEYWORDS: history biography architecture house plans design text in german

$130.00
1u34/26

An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia


ROSS, E. DENISON (ed) & POWER, EILEEN (ed) & DE FILIPPI, FILIPPO (ed)

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, upper edges stained red, xviii + 478pp + folding map, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1937

KEYWORDS: travels history Tibet

$40.00
1u34/27

From Sketch-Book and Diary


BUTLER, ELIZABETH

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, x + 177pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1909

KEYWORDS: Ireland travel history autobiography

$70.00
1u34/30

Cawnpore


TREVELYAN, G.O.

Octvao, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 366pp, VG- (heavy cracking to gutters - boards slightly loose, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1865

KEYWORDS: Kanpur India History Siege military sepoy rebellion

$165.00
1u34/33

The Marches of Hindustan, the Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan, and Persia


FRASER, DAVID

Lacks folding map, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, xvi + 521pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light dampstaining to eps, previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown, front gutter lightly cracked and repaired with cellotape leaving moderate residue stains, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1907

KEYWORDS: Asia travel India history Turkestan Tibet Persia Himalayas

$185.00
1u34/35

Lhasa and its Mysteries with a Record of the Expeditionof 1903-1904


WADDELL, L. AUSTINE

Some tidy underlining, octavo, grey cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, red illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, xx + 532pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name & inscription to fep, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & light tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1929

KEYWORDS: Buddhism religion Tibet Autonomous Region China travel history expedition

$55.00
1u34/36

The History of the American Expedition: Fighting the Bolsheviki: Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919


MOORE, JOEL R. (ed) & MEAD, HARRY H. (ed) & JAHNS, LEWIS E. (ed)

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 303pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Battry Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history expedition America campaigns russia autobiography Soviet Union Revolution Bolsheviki

$50.00
1u34/39

Max Huber


VON MOOS, STANISLAUS & CAMPANA, MARA & BOSONI, GIAMPIERO

Imperial octavo, illus boards, black eps, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 2006

KEYWORDS: Max Huber Graphic artists arts history biography

$75.00
1u34/42

Stalag Doctor


SCHRIRE, I.

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 209pp, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, spine extrems repaired with archival tape, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1956

KEYWORDS: autobiography history World War Two WW2 autobiography doctor

$70.00
1u34/45

A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique


MIDDLETON, BERNARD C.

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 372pp + 14 plates, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light fading, light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Oak Knoll Press 1996

KEYWORDS: bookbinding England History Fine bindings Bookplates reference manual

$40.00
1u34/49

Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales


ROSCOE, THOMAS

Octavo, half leatherbound with brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, prelims, 336pp, illus, VG- (previous owner's name in ink to fep, 2.5cm of upper spine lost, front board fully detached from spine, spine nearly detached, light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to page edges, moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners)

PUBLISHER: Tilt & Bogue (n/d)

KEYWORDS: north Wales travel history United Kingdom

$225.00
1u35/3

a Typografie: Asymetricka Harmonie


SRP, KAREL & BREGANTOVA, POLANA & BYDZOVSKA, LENKA

Text in Czech, Quarto, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, black eps, 310pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Arbor vitae 2009

KEYWORDS: arts history typography graphic design avant garde biography text in czech

$160.00
1u35/4

David Chipperfield: Architectual Works 1990-2002


WEAVER, THOMAS (ed)

Quarto, black boards with white lettering to spine, black eps, 343pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to title page, light rubbing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Birkhauser 2003

KEYWORDS: architecture design buildings history David Chipperfield

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